Well's natural philosophy : for the use of schools, academies and privte students, introducing the latest results of scientific discovery and research ; arranged with special reference to the practical application of physical science to the arts and the experiences of everyday life ; with three hundred and seventy-five engravings (1873)
Wells, David A · New York : Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor and Co. · leaf 58
1. As the attraction of e- the earth acts equally and independently on all the particles composing a body,it is clear that they must all fall withequal velocities. It makes no difference whether the sev-eral particles fall singly, or whether they fall compactedtogether, in the form of a large or a… … 54 WELLSS NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. If ten or a hundred leaden balls be disengaged together, they -will fiHl inthe same time, and if they be molded into one ball of great magnitude, itwill still fall in the same manner. 102. Hence all bodies under the influence of gravityalone, must fall with equal…
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